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The Weekly Democrat.
Published Every Saturday by
The Democrat Printing Go.
114 THEMIS STREET.
Entered at the Post Offle at Cape Giranleaa,
Ho., as secoud-clas9 matter.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 18.
Wo
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR CONGRESS .
are authorized to announce
SKTH S. BARNES.
Of Xew Madrid county, as a candi
date fur Coiijrress. subject to the ac
tion of the Republican nominating
convention at Poplar Bluff. Mav ith.
lXS.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are aurthorized to anuounec
J. FRANK CALDWELL,
As a candidate for Assessor of Capo
Girardeau count-, subject to tho de
cision of the ceunty Republican nom
inating convention.
Congressman Mozley got a black
eye at the Republican county conven
tion in his own county last Saturday.
The Republ'cari papers of Stoddard
countyre ferninst Mozeley and that
means that Mozley ?s namo will be
Dennis at thePoplar Bluff convention.
B. Benson Cahoon waft at Bloom
Held last Saturday looking after his
interests ;n the gubernatorial race.
Stoddard county will be solid for Mr.
Cahoon.
Thero are three Demcratic eandi
dates for the Legislature down in Scott
county and several townships yet to
hear from. If the Democrats of old
Scott care anything for intelligence
they will surely nominate Albert De-Reign.
The West Plains Journal wants the
people of West Plains to start a can
ning factory. Your people had better
be careful how they invest their money.
We know of two or three towns in
Southeast Missouri that have beon
gulled by canning factory frauds.
The county convention in Stoddard
county last Saturday opened with a
free fight between the Mozely men and
tho anti-Mozeley men. TLe :vstilt was
no instructions were given and tho
wicked little Congressman will have
to go before the Poplar Bluff con
vention with his own county doubtful.
The Poplar Bluff Republican Pays
that Congressman Mozely is not a
candidate for re-election.
Our Southeast exchanges are intima
ting editorially, and we, last week,
did also speak of the possibility of
Mr. S. S. Barnes, of our city, being
a candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for congressman from this dis
trict. Now we have it almost direct
that ho is a candidate, and will stay
in the race until tho last vote is taken
in the convention. From jur ac
quaintance with Mr. Barnes, we can
safely predict that he will make it
warm for his competitors, as he never
enters into anything that he does not
make a success. He i3 a shrewd poli
tician, a successful farmer and, in his
latest enterprise, a progressive and
wide-awake merchant. Southeast Mis-sourian.
Sherman lndorai-3 .McKinley.
Senator Sherman, in referring to
the financial plank of the Ohio Re
publican Convention, is represented
to havo said that ''MeKinley enter
tains tho same views on silver I do
myself." Probably the Sonaior is
about right. Those aro the views
which have been hold by every Re
publican President since silver be
came an issue, beginning with Ruther
ford B. Hayes. Most of tho Repub
lican leaders outside of the mining
States have been sound on that issue
for tho past eight or ten years. Prob-
bably McKinley, if in the Presidency
would veto any free silver bill whic1
would get within his reach. Prebab
also he would veto any measure
the limited coinage of silver a
thing like a restoration of the Bl
Allison act.
It is plain, however, that many-
publicans are not altogether satis
with McKinley 's attitude toward
ver. j ms is maae cioar oy tne co
mentson tne financial plank in t
Ohio Convention's platform. Two-
thirds of tho prominent Republican
papers which we have seen call that
plank a straddle. The plank however,
is largely a reproduction of tho na
tional utterance of four years ago,
which was moderately acceptable then,
but which falls much short of the re
quirements of to-day. Something
which hits silverism harder and squar-
er is demanded by present conditions.
A declaration that the mints must be
kept closed to silver coinage until this
can he had under an international
arrangement, whether this arrange
ment Ik? near or remote, is th imper
ative need of the Republican party in
1 !. Globe Democrat.
Hon. Seth S. Barnes is going to
make a thorough and vigorouscanvass
of this Congressional District for the
Republican nomination for Congress.
Mr. Barnes is a man of ability.
a man of energy and a
speaker who can hold his own on the
3tuinp with any man in Southeast
Missouri.
The following from a contemporary,
is tho most complete financial ai.jieal
wo have seen: '"All persons knowing
themselves to be indebted to this office
are requested to call and settle. All
persons indebted to this office and not
knowing it are requested to call and
find it out. All those knowing them
selves indebted and not wishing to
-call are requested to stay in one place
long- enough for us to catch them. All
vbose not indebted are requested to
all and Nvosie. indebted,'"
Did vou ever notice t'v weakness j
women have for marking their letters
"personal?" They scam to think that
by so marking the envelope the letter
will go to its destination quicker,
through the same line of reasoning
which some years ago led women to
write onevelopes"in ha 'te. "supposing
that the postman would immediately
start on a run with them. This habit
of writing ''personal" sometimes
leads to very embarrassing results.
A purely business communication ad
dressed in unmistakable feminine
hand and marked "personal'' has
been known to raise a lively row in a
usually peaceful family.
Congressman Mozley delivered an J
address to the Convention here last
Saturday and attempted to clear some
of the accusations that have been laid
at his door. In speaking of the ap
pointment of tho Democratic cadet ho
said: "I don't know his polities, I
never did know, and what is mare, I
don't care." Such words, in our
opinion, could never fall from the lips
of any true Republican. They pierced
the heart mt every Republican within
the sound of his voice, leaving a
wound which his hand can never heal,
a wound to the party that put him in
the position he now occupies, a wound
to the men who contributed money for
him to make his canvass. For thirty
years no Republican has been appoint
ed to the West Point cadotship in this
district. It was time some young Re
publican was given a chance, the only
chance for thirty long years and there
were as deserving Republican aspir
ants for the place. Generosity to his
opponents may give Mr. Mozley pleas
ure but even the Democrats were as
tonished and smiled at such misplaced
generosity. Bloomfield Cosmos.
ltayllebttn the South.
Ono f the most significant facts of
current political history is the rapid
growth of the spirit of independence
among the voters of the South. Thero
was a time when it was as much as .1
man's life was worth down there t
breakaway from the Democratic party.
It was represented to be the only pro
tection against negro domination, and
the whites were led to lielieve that they
must cling to it as a matter not onlv
of general safety, but also of personal
honor and decency. The politicians
managed to prolong this view of polit
ical duty and moral responsibility for
many jears. inns all discussion was
stifled, and such a thing as the intelli
gent and considerate exercise of the
clucti.-M franchise was practically un
known. Men voted the Democratic
tieke. on the theory that it would be
treason to the State to do otherwise.
Oniy the one party existed, l)ceause
all opposition to it was made impossi-
ble by being mado disreputable and
' dangerous, it carried elections with
out any trouble except that of an oc
cassional gunning for negroes in or
der to keep up the race superstition;
and all questions of real interest and
importance were put out of sight, sol
far as campaign speeches, newspaper'
articles and other forms of informa
tion were concerned.
This has been materially changed
in the last few years, and a new situ
ation is gradually being developed
The old cry of negro supremacy has
lost its force, and tho necessity of be
longing to the Democratic party for
the purpose maintaining the rights of
white men, and preserving the institu
tions of society is no longer recogniz
ed It does not scare men any moro
to be threatened with ostracism, cr
a worse fate, if they assert- the right
to vote as they please. In all of the
Southern-States.there is aconsiderable
clement of Independent citizens, and
in some of them this element is suf
fiecntly strong to turn the scale. The
solid South is a thing of the past.
There are two sides now in the politics
of that section, and the Democratic
party has ceased to be monarch of all
it surveys. This means that the peo
ple have begun to see the folly of the
course tha' they have been pursuing
at the instance of the leaders of that
party. They are tired of a policy that
has only served to prevent them from
gaining their due share of the pros
perity of the country. The fact has
been impressed upon them by costly
experienee that it is to their advantage
in every way to act according to-their
own judgment in politics, and to march
with the procession of enterprise and
progress. They have learned practical
wisdom, in other words, and it will
never again be possible for the Demo
cratic party to deceive or intimidate
them . G lobe-Democrat
Ordinance Mo. 568.
An ordinance respecting dumping
dead animals and ether refuse in the
Mississippi river in front of this city;
specifying at what point or points
said dumping shall not be done: and
prescribing penalties for failure or
refusal to comply with any- of the
provisions of this ordinance and re
pealing oidinance No. 531, approved
May 17th, 1894.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the city of Capo Girardeau, Mo., as
follows:
Section One (1). Dumping where
ana now.
ro person or porsons, corporation
or employe thereof or employe of this
city, snail hereafter dump any dead
animal or animals in the Mississippi
River north of Morgan Oak street ii.
this city without conveying the ?amc
to mo main cnannei oi ino river, io
the end that they may float off and
not oecorue ollensivo and dangerous
to the citizens of this city: and no per-
sn or persons, corporation or em
ploye thereof or employe of this city
shall hereafter dump or dra.v ashes
or cinders or any refuse or matter of
any kind into the Mississippi River
between tho foot of Independence
street and the foot of Belview street
in this city.
SectioneTwo (2). Misdemeanor
fine.
Any person or persons or corpora
tion or employe thereof or employe
oi tins city, violating this ordinance,
shall he deemed guilty of a misde
meanor and on conviction thereof.
shall bo fined not less than ten dollars
nor more than fifty dollars.
Section Three (3). Repealing or
dinance No. 531.
O '"npneo No. ftt'w'-wroved May
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An Ordinance assessing, apportioning,- leving and taxing the coot of
graveling Frederick street between Broadway and North streets in the City of
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, against the owners of and the lots fronting on
said Friederick street.
Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
as follows:
SECTION ONE (1) APPORTIONMENT, ETC., OP COST.
The sums of one hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-six cents
($174.66) from Broadway street to Bel view street and one hundred and
seventy-ono dollars and seventy-four cents (171.74) from Belview street to
North street, having been by due course of law and ordinance expended in
the graveling of Friederick street between Broadway and North streets, in-
c.uding areas, in the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the said sums are
hereby levied, apportioned, assessed and taxed against the owners of the lots
and on the lots or parts of lots: said lots being in said city, all of which are
hereinafter set out and described, to-wit:
Between Broadway and Belview Streets.
NAMES OF OWNERS.
Mary L. Philipson
Maiy L. Philipson
Marv L. Philipson
I. C. Collins
Emma McKee
Edward D. Engelmann...
Mrs. Matilda Eggimann.
Charles A. McDonald...
Gottfried Hartung
vv. r. Kodnoy
W. P. Rodney
xo
DESCRIPTION AND SIZE
FEET.
IN
3-3
3 S
-3 C
H
p
x
3"g
o
r
o
s
2ti
25
24
24
23
27
27
28
29
29
30
w i 127x90
se cor 112x180.
s part 72x180. .
n part 40x180. .
w 112x45
s e part 40x65.
n pt e pt 81x60.
e i 112x9
x90.
9 pt e I 89x45.
n pt e i 23x45.
e a 112x45
Total Between Broadway and Belview streets
Belview aud North Streets.
yi 127x60
112x180
s pt s i 38x180
n pt s 18x180
n i 56x180
w pt 112x60.
Between
Conrad Bock
Mrs. Eliza Dunn
Mrs. Augusta Horn
Frederick Brinkoff
Tohn Haslauer'B Estate
Turner Randol
W. F. Rodney
Hannah C. Randol Estate...
Calvin Israel
Edward Randol
Anna Huebel
'George Land's Estate
24h
23
22t
22 1
,
5
25te i 127x45.
mid pt 50x180.
n pt 50x180
' s pt 50x180
n pt 62x180. . . .
U'JxlSO. . .
26
26
27
271
28
E 127 23 95
E 112 21 12
E 72 13 59
E 40 7 55
E 112 21 12
E 40 7 55
E 87 16 40
B 112 21 12
E 89 16 80
E 23 4 34
E 112 21 12
8174 66
F 127 23 86
F 112 21 05
F 38 7 14
V 18 3 38
F 56 10 53
F 112 21 05
F 127 23 86
F 50 9 39
F 50 9 39
F 50 9 39
F 62 11 65
F 112 21 05
$171 74
KL.KCTION PROCLAMATION.
In conformity with tho State law
governing cities of third class and in
compliance with tha ordinances of the
City of Cape Girardeau, concerning
elections, an election will be held on
tho first Tuesday in April, 1896, being
the 7th day of said month, for tho pur
pose of electing four (4) members of
tho Council, one for each ward of tho
City of CajH' Girardeau, viz:
Ono Councilman for the r irst W ara.
One Councilman for the Second
Ward.
One Councilman for the Third Ward.
OneCouncilmanforthe Fourth Ward
Said Councilman to serve for tho
term of two (2) years aud uutil their
iiiccchsors arc dulv elected aud quail-
lied.
Said election will held under the
election laws of the State, and con
ducted in all respects as is now pro
vided bv law and ordinance.
The poll'ins.' places in the several
wards will Ik; as follows:
First Ward. At the Court House.
Second W.i:i. At Gustav shultz's
Barber Shop on Broadway street.
THIRD ARD. At r crd Steimle s
ihop on Good Hope Street.
Fourth Ward. D. A. Frank's
hoemaker shop on Spanish Street.
In testimony Whereof, I have here-
4 - i unto set my hand and caused
-; seal. ;-to be affixed the seal of the
f I Citv of Cape Girardeau, this
ird day of March. 1896.
W. H. Coervek. Mayor.
Attest: George E. Chappell,
Citv Clerk.
Notice of Scnool Board Election.
Notice is hereby given, that in con
formity with the requirements of the
school law the Annual School Elec
tion will be held at the city polling
places in each of the four wards of the
city ef Cape Girardeau on
Tuesday, April 7th. is:ti.
For the purpose of electing two 1 2)
Directors of the Board of Education,
of the school district of the city of
Cape Girardeau. Mo., to till the ex
pired tei-ms of office of Ben H. Adams
and Wm. Woeleke.
By order of the Board, this !th day
of March. 1!H.
seal Geo. E. Ciiappeix.
Sect. Board of Education.
Applications Wanted.
The undersigned, for the Board of
Education of the city of Cape Girar
deau, will receive applications for
the position of Janitor of the Lori
mksr Public School, for the unexpired
term of the present Janitor, whose
resignation has been accepted to take
effect April 1st next.
Applications must be in writing ana
shall state that the applicant, if em
ployed, will conform to all the rules
and requirements ana salary govern
ing said petition.
Applications win tx received, at my
office, up to 7 o'clock, Monday even
ing March 30, 18!Hi, and will be opened
sit a regular meeting of said board to
"be held on said date.
By order of the Board.
Geo. E. Chappell,
Secretary.
March 11, ISiKi.
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing under
the linn name M. Kaechele and Sons
at Randies. Mo., ir. the saw mill and
lumber business is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. The business will
be continued by Albert Kaechele. who
assumes all liabilities and collects all
debts due the old firm.
M. Kaechele,
Albert Kaechele,
RlCHRARD KaECHILE.
March 13. 1896.
Notice to Contractor.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned Road and Bridge Com
missioner, of Cape Girardeau County,
Missouri, will on Saturday, March
28th. 1896. at 10 o'clock a. m. at site
of bridge on Foster's creek near Henry
Volkerdings, let contract for a bridge
with stone piers and wood bridge.
Commissioner reserves me right to
reject arfy or all bids.
James F. McLain.
by L.i-M. Bean
Deputy K. V B. Com
March 3rd. 1896.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTK E. Notice ia
liemby Bivo to creditors moil others inter
ested, that I, the andersijnied Public Admin
istrator of Cape Girardeau county. MUsouri,
ham on the 17th dav of February. 18HH. taken
chanre of the estate of Alexander T. DeWitt,
deceased, lor tne purpose oi aanunisiering
on same in the Probate Court of said county,
at Jackson, Ho.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance, within one year from the date of said
letters, or they may be preluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said claims be not
exhibited within two yean from the date of the
Enblication !of this notice, ther will be forerer
arred. HKKIfr W. HAHS,
feb39ui!t Public Administrator.
Total between Belview and North Streets $171 74
Section Two (2). Special tax bills to be issued herein and tax a lien on lots.
The city clerk is hereby directed to issue special tax bills against the owners
of and lots or parts of lots herein set out. assessed and taxed as required by
law and ordinances of this city made and provided; which special tax bills
and tho taxes so levied as aforesaid, shall bo a lien on said lots or parts of
lots until the same shall be paid.
Section Three (3). Time of taking effect when.
This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after passage.
Passed by tho Council March 16th, 1896.
WILLIAM U. COERVEK.
President of the Council.
Approved this 17th day of March, 1896.
SEAL. WILLIAM II. COERVEK, Mayor.
Attest: Geo. E. Chappell, City Clerk.
NO
Buy aSuitor overcoat of us. That's
nextthing to finding Money. Ready-to-wear
Time is Money. Best
Tailor's quality at half Tailor's best
price Find $10 to $15 right there.
Find d u ri bility two or three
season's wear if you want it
Fine style. Fine, best and latest.
Find general comfort of mind and
body, the thing you pay a tailor big
money for.
Famous Dry Goods and Clothing House,
W. H. BOHNSACK, Proprietor.
No. I Main St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.
-FAITHFULNESS GUARANTEED.
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.
Homo Office, BALTIMORE, Ml). St. Louis Office, LACLEDE BUILDING.
M. L. McLaren, Attorney. Chas. Scttee, Manager.
( Paid-up Capital - $7."o,0K.i
Resotkces Dec. 31, 18i -! Surplus - 100,O0o.0O
( Reserve requirem't& undivided profits, $2H!,77ri. (it)
Total
$1,419,778.38
Heroines Suretv on Bonds ol Eseeaton. Administrate, and all nndrrtaklnm
Judicial Proceeding-. All Coart and Contraator'a bonds signed at St. Louis office. Does noth
ing tceennict witn toe business oi lawyers, accepted oy the li . a. ijoverment aesele aaritv on
Bonds or every description. Becomes surety en Bonds of Sheriffs. Registers of Wills, Clerks of
Courts Collectors and other officials of btatea. Cities and Counties. Also on Bends ef Con
tractors and Employees of Banks, Mercantile Hocsea. Railroad, Express, and Telegraph Com
panies, and on those Officers of Fraternal Wrganizationa.
HESMAK E. BOSLER. 1DW1N WARFIELU.
Secretary aed Treaaurer.. President .
A. J. D. BURFORE. AOINT.
URFORDSVlLLIE. MO
Qap Breuery aijd lee Qonpaijy.
Cape Girardeau, Mo
BREWERS OF STANDARD LAGER BEER
OFFICERS:
A. RUEDIGEK. Pres.
WM. REGENHARDT, Vice Pres.
. II. ENGELMANN, Sec'y.
CHRIS IIIRSCH. Treas.
DIRECTORS:
A. RUEDIGEK.
WM. REGENIIAHDI.
L. F. KLOSTERMANN.
E. II. ENGELMANN.
1 IIIKSCH.
EDWARD S. LILLY,
HARDWARE
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